Colton Baumler

Graduate Student Candidate

Data Intensive Biology lab of the University of California, Davis

Education

2021 - Present Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy)

  • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

2015 - 2019 University of Washington (Bachelors of Science)

  • Molecular Biology
  • Computer Science Minor

2013 - 2015 Green Valley Community College (Associate of Science)

  • Biology Honors Track

Research Experience

2021 - Present Graduate Researcher (MIT Computational Biology Lab)

  • Developed scalable pangenome analysis tools for microbiome studies

2017 - 2019 Research Assistant (UW Molecular Systems Lab)

  • Investigated protein interactions in cancer pathways

2016 - 2017 Undergraduate Intern (Genomics Center, UW)

  • Analyzed RNA-seq datasets for plant stress tolerance research

2013 - 2015 Tutor (Green Valley CC)

  • Subjects included Organic Chemistry, Calculus, and Physics

Professional Service

2023 - Present Workshop Organizer (Bioinformatics Summer Bootcamp)

2021 - Present Mentor (Undergraduate Research Mentorship Program)

2015 - 2018 Volunteer (Community Science Outreach)

Community Involvement

2021 - Present Founding Member (MIT)

2016 - 2018 Volunteer (Seattle, WA)

2017 - 2019 Chair (University of Washington)

Funding and Grants

2022 - 2025 National Science Foundation Fellowship NSF (MIT)

2017 - 2018 Undergraduate Research Grant UW (University of Washington)

2014 - 2015 Merit Scholarship Green Valley Community College (Green Valley CC)

Honors and Awards

June 2019 Dean’s List (University of Washington)

  • For academic excellence

April 2023 Best Research Presentation (MIT)

  • Student Bioinformatics Conference

May 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award (University of Washington)

  • Undergraduate Teaching Program

Skills

Programming Languages (MIT)

  • Python, R, Java, C++

Data Analysis Tools (MIT)

  • Pandas, NumPy, ggplot2

Version Control (University of Washington)

  • Git/GitHub

Text Editors (MIT)

  • RStudio, PyCharm

Presentations

July 2024 Pangenomics Workshop (MIT)

  • Workshop lead and organizer

March 2023 Advances in Microbial Genomics (University of Washington)

  • Invited lecture to graduate students

September 2022 Data-Driven Biology (Cambridge, MA)

  • Keynote speaker at bioinformatics conference